Author: Michael St. John

Michael graduated with his Bachelor’s from The University of Miami in English and his Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from Columbia College. He works as an adjunct professor and has taught writing, both composition and creative, at Argosy University, Columbia College Chicago, and Spudnik Press. In addition, he has been a writing tutor at Malcolm X College, working with students one-on-one with grammar, sentence mechanics, and essay construction. He also currently teaches English composition and art history at SAE Institute, the School of Audio Engineering. Alongside teaching, Michael has backpacked through most of Europe and traveled to Australia and New Zealand, and he enjoys baking pies! Michael teaches all sections of the ACT and SAT and regularly helps students with their college essays. He has worked with Academic Approach since 2015 and has been happy to work with several hundred students across a variety of subjects, tests, and starting points.

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